Place Name Possibly named after local benefactor George Dacre, who in 1855 left the rents from land and property in…
Place Name Possibly named after local benefactor George Dacre, who in 1855 left the rents from land and property in…
Place Name Thomas Legh Claughton (November 6, 1808 – July 25, 1892) was the first Bishop of St Albans, which…
Place Name Widely credited with being the driving force behind the modern development of East Ham, John Harvey Bethell (September 23,…
Place Name The Barclay family, like the Frys, Gurneys, Listers and Howards, were among the most eminent Quakers of the early 19thCentury…
Place Name Confusingly this is not named after the area about five miles away, rather the Poplar tree. It was…
Place Name Born in West Ham into a Christian missionary family, the Reverend Paul Rowntree Clifford (February 21, 1913 –…
Place Name This road takes its name from Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet (March 31, 1777 – August 13,…
Place Name Named after John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker (June 15, 1724 – April 18, 1803), a leather and furs…
Place Name Named after merchant tailor Nicholas Avenon who in 1599 left a six acre marsh called Withering Mead, to…
Place Name Named after father and son Henry and Neil Haig. In 1870 Haig senior (1818 – 1897) bought an estate…